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sop

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3. Trump's statements are always premised on lies.

Reply to spooky3 (Original post)

Sun Mar 22, 2026, 04:20 PM

14 hrs ago

Trump is a practiced liar and skilled confidence man. It's what he does. His deceptive arguments always rely on initial assumptions which are untrue, employing the "illusory truth effect," repeating the same lies till his listeners believe they are true.

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What infuriates me the most about TSF's Mueller tweet [View all] spooky3 15 hrs ago OP

Psychopaths often pretend they are victims. Irish_Dem 15 hrs ago #1

And all he has done ever since is double and quadruple down on groveling to Putin BeyondGeography 15 hrs ago #2

Trump's statements are always premised on lies. sop 14 hrs ago #3

He is never wrong malaise 14 hrs ago #4

yes.......and, HE KILLS INNOCENTS Skittles 14 hrs ago #5

Mueller like Comey had the responsiblity samsingh 14 hrs ago #6

Agree malaise 14 hrs ago #7

thank you samsingh 14 hrs ago #8

They should protect the Constitution and Democracy malaise 13 hrs ago #9

There were very specific limitations... GiqueCee 13 hrs ago #14

No. The only thing limiting his actions were internal guidelines. Theae spooky3 12 hrs ago #18

On top of that, you remember when people were getting laid off and fired from their job jobs oldmanlynn 13 hrs ago #10

THIS malaise 13 hrs ago #11

Standard bill of fare from trump...nt Wounded Bear 13 hrs ago #12

But he IS... GiqueCee 13 hrs ago #13

Bill Barr needs to man up. SleeplessinSoCal 13 hrs ago #15

Conman playing his victim card over and over. Emile 12 hrs ago #16

The Press misses that part. Kid Berwyn 12 hrs ago #17